History VideoGame / SniperEliteIII

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The P. 1000 Ratte is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte real landship first pitched in June 1942]] though it never got manufactured and never saw the light of day.

Other changes to features include how the enemy infantry and vehicles react and pursue the player. The enemies now more intelligently use cover, suppressing fire, and the general environment against the player. Vehicles have expanded mechanics regarding weak spots, but they are more difficult to take out, forcing the player to use a variety of tactics including mines, explosives, anti-tank weapons, or carefully-placed shots at these weak spots to take them out; in addition, compared to the vast majority of vehicles being static in the previous game, here none of them are, and they will actively hunt the player.

Other changes to features include how the enemy infantry and vehicles react and pursue the player. The enemies now more intelligently use cover, suppressing fire, and the general environment against the player. Vehicles are no longer static and will actively hunt the player.

The vehicles have expanded weak spot mechanics but are now more difficult to take out. The player has to use a variety of tactics including mines, explosives, anti-tank weapons, or carefully placed shots at certain parts of the tank.

A new Experience Point system mechanic has been introduced that allows the player to customize their gear. The experience points can be earned in both single player and multi-player and carry over between the modes.

* ''Target Hitler: Hunt the Grey Wolf'': A mission that involves hunting Hitler ...or what may possibly be his body double. It is never verified in the mission which it is for certain. This was a Pre-Order bonus, but like the "Kill Hitler" pre-order mission for ''V2'', it was later released as DLC.

** Tiger I tanks are shown assaulting Tobruk in June 1942, when in reality the first unit equipped with Tigers to reach North Africa didn't arrive until November 1942.

* ColdSniper: Karl Fairburne, as always, is extremely unemotional and cold-blooded, almost behaving like a robot. [[spoiler: Except for when his friend Brauer gets blown up by a Tiger tank, which is the only time in the entire series he displays emotion]]. Likewise, the German snipers you encounter throughout the game do not emote or say anything.

* FauxAffablyEvil: When Karl and Vahlen finally meet face to face, the latter is nothing but cordial and respectful towards the sniper, despite him being responsible for derailing his secret operations in Africa. He tries to stress that he and Karl are the same as they both enjoy their work. Karl has absolutely none of it. Of course, reading Vahlen's diary entries and the actions of several of his subordiantes in previous levels show that this politeness is all an act, as Vahlen is already revealed to be a BadBoss who regularly executes subordinates for even the pettiest of reasons, as well as being RogueSoldier to his own government, with delusions of conquest that he could overthrow Rommel and Hitler with his own wonderweapons project.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: A rare example which isn't built upon in the game. [[spoiler: Vahlen, the Wunderwaffe engineer, revels in war, and accuses Karl of the same attitude. Karl responds that he and Vahlen are ''not'' the same, and when he is about to kill Vahlen, Karl with disgust remarks that he is nothing like him.]]

The game got a sequel : ''Videogame/SniperElite4'', set not too long after in Italia. Another sequel, ''VideoGame/SniperElite5'', was announced in December 2021, set for a 2022 release.

Received a sequel : ''Videogame/SniperElite4'', set not too long after in Italia. Another sequel, ''VideoGame/SniperElite5'', was announced in December 2021, set for a 2022 release.


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* ''Target Hitler: Hunt the Grey Wolf'': A mission that involves hunting either Hitler or what may possibly be his body double. It is never verified in the mission which it is for certain. This was a Pre-Order bonus, but like the "Kill Hitler" pre-order mission for ''V2'', it was later released as DLC.

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* AffablyEvil: When Karl and Vahlen finally meet face to face, the latter is nothing but cordial and respectful towards the sniper, despite him being responsible for derailing his secret operations in Africa. He tries to stress that he and Karl are the same as they both enjoy their work. Karl has absolutely none of it.

* In the Save Churchill DLC, it's a foregone conclusion going in that Winston Churchill will survive, as he was most definitely not assassinated by the Germans in 1942.

* AffablyEvil: In one of his journal entries, Lt. Colonel Raubvogel expresses no animosity toward Karl, despite the two of them being on opposing sides. He's also very polite and cordial in every one of his letters to him, appearing to regard him with some degree of respect. He's still planning to assassinate Churchill however, and tries to kill Karl several times as well.

* TanksButNoTanks: Every enemy in the game gets an info card, which you can look at by looking at them through your binoculars. Normally this gives information on the soldier looked at, giving you information like "Rank" and "Weapon", but when you look at a tank of any sort it always says it's armed with an 88mm gun...even for Panzer 3s and 4s, which only mounted 50mm and 75mm guns respectively

Received a sequel : ''Videogame/SniperElite4'', set not too long after in Italia.

* NotSoDifferent: A rare example which isn't built upon in the game. [[spoiler: Vahlen, the Wunderwaffe engineer, revels in war, and accuses Karl of the same attitude. Karl responds that he and Vahlen are ''not'' the same, and when he is about to kill Vahlen, Karl with disgust remarks that he is nothing like him.]]

* UniqueEnemy: A total of only one Tiger tank is actually fought, in Kasserine Pass. The Panzer III is fought in Halfaya Pass and the third mission of the "Save Churchill" missions, while the Panzer IV is fought twice during the Siwa Oasis and Pont du Fahs Airfield missions.

* UniqueEnemy: A total of only one Panzer III and Tiger I are actually fought, in Halfaya Pass and Kasserine Pass, respectively. The most common German tank faced is the Panzer IV, while other Panzer III and Tiger tanks present are merely in cutscenes or as setpieces.

* TanksForNothing: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the Ratte is nothing more than a waste of time and resources, as by the time it's completion is near the Allies are already driving Rommel's forces into a corner at Tunisia, and the tank itself is still far from complete when Karl blows the facility it's housed in to smithereens.]]

->''"Equipped with [[TankGoodness Tiger tanks]] and the latest weaponry, GermanyÂ’s infamous Afrika Korps have the Allies outnumbered and outgunned. Worse still, intelligence indicates the Nazis are developing [[StupidJetpackHitler a super weapon]] in Africa that could destroy all hopes of victory not just in Africa, but in the whole war."''

->''"Equipped with [[TankGoodness Tiger tanks]] and the latest weaponry, Germany’s infamous Afrika Korps have the Allies outnumbered and outgunned. Worse still, intelligence indicates the Nazis are developing [[StupidJetpackHitler a super weapon]] in Africa that could destroy all hopes of victory not just in Africa, but in the whole war."''

* ReverseMole: Brauer is a British informant tasked with infiltrating Vahlen's inner circle. However, before he can gather all intel on Project Seuche, his cover is blown and Karl is tasked with rescuing him before he is shipped off to Berlin or executed.

* DownerBeginning: The game begins during the second Siege of Tobruk, which, despite Karl's best efforts at halting the advanceby knocking out the Germans' artillery, [[AllForNothing ultimately amount to nothing]] when the Germans send in their tanks and overwhelm the city's defenders.